Help !
Posted: 20 Jun 2022, 12:51
Dear Epi4dogs Forum
A year on from Bodie‘s diagnosis we continue to ride the roller coaster. I don’t think I’ll ever see a normal poop again. However he is still with us, weight stable and no more ravenous than most other normal Labradors I know.
He’s 12 years old and developed EPI just before his 11th birthday. He takes a LOT of other meds for arthritis, chronic atopic dermatitis and a gall bladder (mucocele) issue.
He gets 4 small meals per day, 2 with Lypex and 2 with Almazyme Acut (powdered enzyme + turmeric and some other anti inflammatory natural adds). He eats Hills I/d low fat wet & dry mixed with plenty of water or broth and cooked Turkey + sweet potato or rice. Same every day. He gets a small daily dose of Tylosin to keep SIBO at bay (after months of ups and downs, metrodazinole etc). He gets B12 shots monthly and Cobalamine orally.
Generally quite stable but the poop is still loose, putty like and voluminous. No diet or enzyme has ever changed it despite overall him being in relatively good shape.
Any thoughts or suggestions from all of you out there? My vet says it’s as good as it will get…
Bev & Bodie
A year on from Bodie‘s diagnosis we continue to ride the roller coaster. I don’t think I’ll ever see a normal poop again. However he is still with us, weight stable and no more ravenous than most other normal Labradors I know.
He’s 12 years old and developed EPI just before his 11th birthday. He takes a LOT of other meds for arthritis, chronic atopic dermatitis and a gall bladder (mucocele) issue.
He gets 4 small meals per day, 2 with Lypex and 2 with Almazyme Acut (powdered enzyme + turmeric and some other anti inflammatory natural adds). He eats Hills I/d low fat wet & dry mixed with plenty of water or broth and cooked Turkey + sweet potato or rice. Same every day. He gets a small daily dose of Tylosin to keep SIBO at bay (after months of ups and downs, metrodazinole etc). He gets B12 shots monthly and Cobalamine orally.
Generally quite stable but the poop is still loose, putty like and voluminous. No diet or enzyme has ever changed it despite overall him being in relatively good shape.
Any thoughts or suggestions from all of you out there? My vet says it’s as good as it will get…
Bev & Bodie